This issue pretty much wraps up the whole story-line about Mister Smythe . . the apparent warden of this government run jail / resort / facility. This is where they've been holding the Amazons that were arrested after the
Attack of the Amazons story-line. The Six were originally approached to be guards, or body-guards here. But once they found out that the Amazons were here, including Artemis . . they also have Diana who came here to help her sisters but was then captured . . . they became split on how to proceed with their mission. After witnessing what happens here, they know that the real bad guy is this Smythe character. Heck, he's even got a Grendel captive to eat the Amazons if it comes to that. That's a little . . out there. Anyways, this issue Catman and Jeanette are working to try to get the Amazons to safety. They've been split up from Bane and Scandal. Scandal wants to help the women, but she knows that she can't do so without sheer power. She can't doing without Bane and the Venom. So she takes 4 vials of it herself. Meanwhile, Deadshot and Ragdoll who have remained true to their contract with Smythe, are trying to help him. Ragdoll is the first to have a change of heart, and in the end Deadshot knows when he's picked a loosing side. And Wonder Woman kills the Grendel. But I think the most important part of the story was what Bane tells Scandal as they're flying away. 'Every mission you undertake ends in injuries and non-payment. I am assuming command. You now will observe my orders. Jeanette agrees that this maneuver is necessary. I'm sorry. Our current situation in untenable. My first command is . . you are off the team, Scandal Savage.' Oh yeah, and in the end . . Deadshot takes out Smythe. Smythe does give us a little information though this issue.
When he sees that his plans are about to go down he says to his assistants, 'It wasn't supposed to end like this. We were going to save the world. I've failed you Mockingbird.' So, Mockingbird was behind all of this? That's someone who has plagued the Secret Six ever since their very first series . . back in 1968. It's been over 40 years and we still don't know anything about this Mockingbird . . other than that the name is brought up every now and then. Another mystery piled on top of all the rest of them. Gail Simone is doing a great job with this book. But then again, it's got to be fun to write this book about these anti-heroes. I'm sure it's a lot less confining that a traditional super-hero book. She seems to be having a lot of fun. And, I'm still thrilled by Nicola Scott's artwork. She's helped this issue by Carlos Rodriguez on pencils, and Doug Hazlewood and Mark McKenna on inks. Overall the whole book looks fantastic.
When he sees that his plans are about to go down he says to his assistants, 'It wasn't supposed to end like this. We were going to save the world. I've failed you Mockingbird.' So, Mockingbird was behind all of this? That's someone who has plagued the Secret Six ever since their very first series . . back in 1968. It's been over 40 years and we still don't know anything about this Mockingbird . . other than that the name is brought up every now and then. Another mystery piled on top of all the rest of them. Gail Simone is doing a great job with this book. But then again, it's got to be fun to write this book about these anti-heroes. I'm sure it's a lot less confining that a traditional super-hero book. She seems to be having a lot of fun. And, I'm still thrilled by Nicola Scott's artwork. She's helped this issue by Carlos Rodriguez on pencils, and Doug Hazlewood and Mark McKenna on inks. Overall the whole book looks fantastic. 
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